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Holistic Healing News and CloudNine Marketing, Inc. are proud media sponsors of this Purple Lotus Productions event. We are inviting our readers and followers to join us at the Embracing Your Journey Expo we will be attending. Please join us.

The “Embracing Your Journey Expo” presented by Purple Lotus Productions is all about helping bring people together with the products and services that they need to assist them on their path of Mind – Body – Spirit discovery. The next Expo is on Earth Day and will have a special emphasis on living healthy with our planet in mind. With over 60 vendors offering a variety of Green Living, Holistic and Metaphysical Products and Services and special Earth Day activities and lecture topics there is something to appeal to everyone.

Purple Lotus Productions will be introducing some fun and interactive Earth Day themed activities for the entire family to participate in. Growing things, valuing our planet’s resources and diversity are a few of the topics that will be touched on. One of the more “hands-on”, or more accurately “feet-on”, activities will be a “Grounding Area” where guests will have the opportunity to literally dig their toes into the earth while learning about the benefits of grounding, how to facilitate it and how it is good for all us in our Mind, Body and Spirit to take the time to connect with Mother Earth and the Universe. Carrying on with the celebration of Earth Day will be eco-friendly vendors and lecture topics.

See the full listing on-line: http://www.embracingyourjourneyexpo.com/vendor-list—apr-22nd-2018.html

This family friendly event is Sunday April 22nd 2018 and is open to the public 9 am to 5 pm.The recently redecorated Anasazi Ballroom at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort offers a spacious and beautiful environment where you can relax and take your time exploring all the vendors, speakers and activities at the Expo. There are several options for lunch on the property or within a mile so you can get lunch and return to continue your explorations throughout the afternoon.

The Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort is conveniently located for travelers from all over Arizona as well as out of state.Just off Route 51 the address is 7677 N 16th St, Phoenix, AZ 85020. The Anasazi Ballroom is located inside the Convention Center the red building just North of the Main Lobby.

Admission is $5 in advance, $8 at the door, andincludes admittance to the vendor Expo, 8 free lectures and a free gift for the first 100 attendees. Raffle prizes are given away every hour, there is even a drawing for carpoolers!

It’s time to play ball! Join us for soccer, solar and sustainability on April 12 from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the bi-continental Earth Day Soccer Classic and Earth Day Celebration featuring an all-day soccer tournament, solar cookout, live entertainment, hands-on activities, demonstrations and a chance to give back.

For those of you who have been following this story, you know that Green Living magazine is teaming up with Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability, Sun Devil Fitness and Tempe Sister Cities to bring you a soccer tournament that highlights the philanthropic work of Royal Philips and One World Futbol.

We hope all of you soccer enthusiasts have signed up to play that day (if you are reading this in early April, there is still time) and that you sustainability enthusiasts will be there as we celebrate renewable energy victories in Africa (specifically Ghana) and Arizona, Earth Day and pioneers in sustainable business.

We caught up with some of the players including a team of ASU MasterCard Foundation Scholars and a PhD student from Ghana. The ASU MasterCard Foundation Scholarship program awards students from Sub-Saharan Africa who come from the poorest communities and demonstrate exceptional leadership and academic talent. These students have served their communities and schools and have committed to return to Africa after attending ASU to further their positive impact.

One of these students, Ngoni Mugwisi from Zimbabwe, is particularly excited to play in the tournament, recalling his transformational experience playing street soccer as a young boy. “Playing soccer was an integral part of my upbringing. From a young age I was playing with my friends on the dusty streets of Mkoba, in my hometown, Gweru. That contributed a lot to my personal development. Soccer is a team sport that enhances communication and quick decision making while promoting friendly competition.”

Ngoni added, “Most kids in my country still play street soccer regularly…there isn’t much video gaming to talk about. However, although they do not lack in talent or passion, these kids do not have access to actual soccer balls. They usually resort to making balls out of plastic, paper or cloth that is piled together into a roughly spherical shape. Playing in the Earth Day Soccer Classic provides hope to change this situation since funds from the tournament can be used to provide African communities with long-term and durable soccer balls. There is no limit to the great soccer talent that can be discovered on African streets, and by playing in this tournament I feel that I am contributing to nurturing that talent.”

One World Futbol knows all too well the power that soccer can have on youth in Africa and of their struggle to find a decent ball with which to play. That is why their mission is to bring nearly indestructible balls to deserving youth. The Earth Day Soccer Classic will use One World Futbols in the tournament and will have a fundraising web page where you can purchase a ball for $40, with a second ball going to Africa, or you can just buy a ball to be sent to Africa for $25.

Ernest Nkansah-Dwamena, a PhD student from Ghana, echoed Ngoni’s enthusiasm, saying, “There is no greater excitement than showcasing my beloved country Ghana at the forefront of soccer and I just can’t be prouder than being a part of making this happen.” Ernest continued, “This is also an opportunity to reinforce ASU’s School of Sustainability goals of building a community with a sense of belonging, a community where ideas are created and shared together and a community that believes in the future.”

Mariama Salifu, one of the MasterCard Scholars, is from Ghana. The day before the Earth Day Soccer Classic in Tempe, Mariama’s brother Shafic Osman will be coordinating a soccer tournament with his soccer league, Top Ten Football Academy, in Accra, Ghana, on one of Royal Philips’ Community Light Centers fields.

Local soccer player, Nora Kuby, is thrilled to have a team playing in the tournament. “There is a poetic beauty in supporting clean energy as well as helping our friends in Ghana, all while playing the world’s favorite sport. Soccer brings people together, and as a participant in the tournament, I love knowing that not only am I making new friends and having a wonderful time myself, but that I am a part of something bigger and more important than the tournament itself.”

In addition to the soccer games at the event, we will also host a solar oven cookout, brought to us by the Community Christian Church and Arizona Interfaith Power & Light. Join us to taste the renewable goodness of a solar -cooked quesadilla, among other savory solar samples.

We will be collecting electronic waste, also known as e-waste, to help you with spring de-cluttering. So if it has a plug or battery and is sitting in your junk drawer, attic, garage, storage unit, and/or is obsolete or broken, bring it with you. We also will be offering document shredding.

Remember, this event is an all-day tournament. It is highly suggested you bring reusable water bottles (there will be water stations), sun protection, and a chair or blanket so you can relax and watch several games.

Concessions will be sold by Tempe Sister Cities with the goal to donate funds to Tempe’s Sister City, Timbuktu, Mali, a large African nation north of Ghana, which has gone through trying times in recent years. Local businesses and community groups will also be at the Earth Day Soccer Classic showing off their sustainability initiatives. Plans are underway to have additional entertainment such as African or hip-hop dancers and a community art project led by local environmental artist, Joan Baron.

The event kicks off at 8 a.m. and continues all day until the end of the championship game at 9 p.m. We look forward to seeing you, your friends and family there! Happy Earth Month!